RPC III, 5368


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	5368
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue	L Ϛ = year 6
Dating	AD 121/2
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition	Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊ(ανὸς) Ἁδρια(νὸς) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design	laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription	L Ϛ
Edition	ἔτους ϛʹ (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation	of year 6
Reverse design	Pharos with statue
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Average weight	10.14 g
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				DS 1930 = Naville Numismatics 64, 21 Mar. 2021, lot 334	28	9.48		= H. Thiersch, Pharos. Antike Islam und Occident. Ein Beitrag zur Architekturgeschichte (Leipzig and Berlin, 1909), p. 6 no. 23. Thiersch also cited V24261, but that is of year 16 (33 mm with Isis and Pharos)	Show
2	2				Gemini 13, 6 Apr. 2017 (ex Art Institute of Chicago), lot 395	26	10.80			Show